Near pure surface uplift of the Argentine Frontal Cordillera: Insights from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry and geomorphic analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 399, Issue , 2015, Pages 383-399

  Hoke, Gregory D ^a   Graber, Nathan R ^a   Mescua, José F ^b   Giambiagi, Laura B ^b   Fitzgerald, Paul G ^a   Metcalf, James R ^a,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto Argentino de Nivilogía Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales CCT   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ELEVATION; RELIEF; SLAB; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA FRONTAL; MENDOZA;

EID: 84924912328     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP399.4     Document Type: Article

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